Patents by Inventor Benjamin Vining

Benjamin Vining has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Shape Memory Cyanate Ester Copolymers
    Publication number: 20080021188
    Abstract: Cyanate ester shape memory polymers (SMP). The polymers are preferably formed via reaction of a multifunctional cyanate ester and a mono functional cyanate ester and exist, in one inventive aspect, in the form of a cross-linked thermoset network. Optional catalysts and structural modifiers may be added to the reaction moieties to help control the glass transition temperature of the resulting SMP to greater than 0° C., preferably from about 150° C.-300° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2005
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Inventors: Tat Tong, Richard Hreha, Benjamin Vining
  • Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein-1 malaria produced in transgenic plants
    Patent number: 7037681
    Abstract: This invention is in the field of recombinant Plasmodium falciparum polypeptides and relates to recombinant or synthetic antigen compositions which comprise p42 antigens, and more specifically to methods and compositions for the expression of Plasmodium falciparum polypeptides in transgenic plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: University of Hawaii
    Inventors: Sandra P. Chang, David A. Christopher, Benjamin Vine, Wei-Wen Su, Robert Bugos
  • Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein-1 malaria produced in transgenic plants
    Publication number: 20020194648
    Abstract: This invention is in the field of recombinant Plasmodium falciparum polypeptides and relates to recombinant or synthetic antigen compositions which comprise p42 antigens, and more specifically to methods and compositions for the expression of Plasmodium falciparum polypeptides in transgenic plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2002
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventors: Sandra P. Chang, David A. Christopher, Benjamin Vine, Wei-Wen Su, Robert Bugos